Seeing the situation they were in, the mammoth has seen them dodging the falling debris and killing the monsters on the rampage, the person who first noticed the mammoth looking at them was Carter, he was petrified at first but decided to push Nicholas who was closest to him towards the mammoth to distract it for him to run away, if Nicholas get killed it wasn't his concern he never liked that too know it all, taking all the limelight away from him, 'this wasn't payback but survival, don't hate me in your next life you damn idiot' Carter thought before apparently gathering his strength and pushing Nicholas towards the mammoth and running the other way.
"Ahhhh ahhh" Nicholas rolled down on the floor after screaming the unexpected push pulled him very close the mammoth, Freya eyes were blazing with anger when she saw this, she shouted "Nicholas" seeing how Nicholas was rolling towards the huge mammoth, she feared that Nicholas was already doomed 'this idiot has done this again, if I catch him I swear am gonna kill him' but before she could finish thinking something strange happened in a blink of an eye.The mammoth left the rolling Nicholas alone and used a water attack on the escaping Carter, a water tornado was made, it looked like a whirlpool taken everything within it's range, it took the screaming Carter towards the air and the monsters around before finally vanishing, when the spell was over, it took it's attention back towards Nicholas.Meanwhile Lily and Ivy have decided to fight the monsters with all they had the three Hog Goger was blinded by the light ball thrown by Lily and there was enough time for Ivy to throw a trap ball towards the monsters and making their escape, although they just keep running away from monsters, there were smiles on the faces of both Ivy and Lily, as if they just had a wonderful experience and not that they were escaping from man eating monsters.Meanwhile after the death of Carter as the mammoth raised it's leg about to squash Nicholas like an insect, there was a loud ringing bell all over the school premises, with the start of the loud ringing all the monsters froze on their spot like they were frozen in time, it was the end of the one hour of the test, the hour which felt like it was an enternity of running around for their lives, the bell signalled the end of the test.After sometime the monsters started disappearing and a big magic circle was under everyone that was still alive, they then disappeared, the environment was immediately changed from the school environment to a hall, were the high mages were gathering.The four of them who were there looked at each other, they were Nicholas, Freya, Ivy and Lily, those were the survivors but lastly the remaining two people who died also appeared."Ahhhhhh run legs run" Derrick with his eyes still closed crying, was shouting as if he was still in the test, these made the rest four who passed the test looked at him with pity, he was the only person who was left alone and he died alone on his own.The next person was Carter, when he appeared the look Nicholas and Freya had on their faces wasn't a good one, Carter was looking at everyone shocked he thought he has gone to the after life, but after thinking it through he was still alive, this made all the holed up anger he had in him explode "You fuckers thrown us into a fucking death game and now you are summoning us sitting down there without saying a damn thing, I would never forgive you for what you put us through you damned...." before he could finish his words, a tired voice was heard amongst the people sitting down and looking at them, the person said "Oh here comes the loud one" with a sigh.With all the noises that was being made Derrick finally opened his eyes confused, he remembered he was about to get pumbled by a monster how come he was here with everyone, he felt embarrassed, was everyone here when he was screaming with his eyes shut, he wanted to find a hole to hide in, but remembering the ordeal he went through, he couldn't control the tears forming in his eyes, he started bawling his eyes, he has never experienced such a situation before, his handsome face was stained with his tears, but he couldn't even care of the embarrassment, he was just happy he survived and he was alive.While all these was happening Nicholas, Freya, Ivy and Lily who survived the test were confused but they knew better to keep their mouth shut and observe whatever was going on.Nicholas thought was on a spiral, he was thinking of different things at the same time, he was glad he survived but he didn't know what next this people have in store for them, they were in a room not too large but large enough to contain more people, there was a round table in the middle of the room, there were seven chairs and seven people but one chair seems a bit more fancy than the rest, at the upper end of the room there was something that looks like an orb but has the size of a soccer ball, it was placed on a golden stool looking magical, all the people sitted in the seats, not all of them were humans, 'were the fuck are we?' Nicholas thought after observing everything he could observe.Meanwhile the tired voice that stopped Carter from speaking continued, "two of you died and failed the test, but we can't have you guys dying on us the chosen six of the prophesy, can we now?" the person continued with a smile, that seems a bit mocking."Stop scaring the kids Darius" the Archmage spoke looking at the young looking elf, he was the one who addressed them earlier and he was the one who brought them here after giving them the test, he was the one they were more familiar with.Nicholas was looking at the white beared elf, who seems too real to be a joke, the ordeal they just passed through made him realize that nothing happening now is a joke."Umm excuse me, we passed your test can we go home now, I don't want the scholarship again, I can't seem to get any signal here, please can you take me back home" Lily said with a sorry face, she looked like who was about to cry and the way she was pleading she wanted to go home was heart breaking."Kids calm down let me introduce myself and the people gathered around the table, before we begin" the Archmage said while stroking his beard."My name is Chandelier but you can call me Archmage, this is what am normally called, the old man who is a bit muscular over there is called high
"First of all, all of you are no longer on earth, you are in a world called Alzdaar" the Archmage said while looking at the children, their reactions were really amusing to Archmage Chandelier, most of them seemed like their whole world has came crashing down, two of them looking confused about what the Archmage just said."What the fuck do you mean we are no longer on earth anymore" yes this was Carter shouting again, the remaining five should elect him as their speaker because he seemed like he had no fear of speaking out when need be."What I meant is you are no longer on earth, okay to put it in simple words you have been summoned to another world" Archmage Chandelier said holding his forehead, he was already tired of this blabbering fool, if not he was among the chosen six, he would have already kicked him out already, Archmage Chandelier couldn't remember when last he spoke so much."How come we are in another world, I don't remember us passing through a portal to another world"
"Alright is time to check your talents, as there are no other questions left to answer" Archmage Chandelier said while looking at the six teenagers, his smile never leaving his face after his initial frown."What do you mean talents?" Lily who has come to terms with reality after crying for a while, asked while tilting her head, her beautiful eyes which still had a remnant of tears, sparkled in the hall."Hahaha seems you are coming back to life young lady, what I mean by talents is, I mean your magic attributes, your elements if you can use the water element, fire element, air element, e.t.c" Archmage Chandelier said while looking at all of them, considering what they had just gone through they actually needed rest, but the measurements of their elements couldn't wait."Should I take it over from here? Archmage" the beautiful Rosetta stood up and said, urging Archmage Chandelier to take a rest, he has been addressing them for long now, and all the high mages have just sitting down wa
"The next person please come forward and walk up the podium" Rosetta said with a calm face, as if she was speaking with business partners.The ego Derrick used to leave the podium where the orb is, would make someone think that he just won a lottery, his chest was puffed out, he looked proud to the rest of the group, like someone who had lots of money to squander on the masses.This made Carter snort before he walked up to the podium at the far end of the hall, where the orb was located.He breathed in and then out before apparently closing his eyes for some seconds, before opening them again and then placing his hands on the orb, the orb glowed red (fire), blue (water), green (air), brown (earth) and finally purple (lightning).When Carter saw this, he jumped up and turned to where the rest teenagers were, he then shouted "Hell yeah, eat that you suckers" this made the rest of the five teenagers frown.The Mages were clapping, Darius added "He seemed stupid but quite talented, if he c
Ivy breathed a long sigh before placing her hands on the orb, the orb started glowing red (fire) green (air) blue (water) brown (earth) yellow (light) orange (enchantment) then the glowing of the orb apparently stopped, there was mixed reaction in the faces of the high mages, she did well in the test but she wasn't some one meant to be at the forefront her elements were support types and was extremely good, but for the chosen ones whose main goal was to destroy the demons and stop the war being a support type wasn't really ideal, although she had the rest attributes as well and she could equally fight she was an asset that the group couldn't put in danger.Applauses were made by all the mages present including the Archmage, support types mages were scarce and extremely important, they can significantly increase the fighting potential of their group, but alone they are mostly defenseless but I don't think our talented mage here would have that problem."Your enchantment abilities can b
Nicholas breathed in and out before placing his hands on the orb, everyone held their breath and was looking expectantly except Carter who looked grumpy, the rest teenagers were still looking thesame, it was just the high mages that was looking expectantly.But everyone's expectations was dashed after he placed his hands in it for about ten seconds, but nothing happened, Nicholas started sweating more, he removed his hands from the orb and then placed them back again, this time the orb glowed a deep black colour (????), there was no description so it just alot of question marks and something strange happened, the orb cracked starting from a single line before forming a long web and then scattered into pieces."What just happened?" Nicholas asked confused and was looking at the Archmage."Hmm this has never happened before, it seems you are attribute less or the black attribute couldn't be read, there is no record of such an attribute in the history of the mages" Archmage Chandelier sa
After going through some stairs, they arrived to a corridor containing six rooms, with three room each in the left and right side, the surrounding was made up of a dark grey colour, the building looking simple, and each person has his or her own room."Alright the boys would be at the left side and the girls would be at the right side, you all have a bell close to your bed in your rooms, if you need anything important or something happened you can ring the bell, your meals would be sent to you shortly" Rosetta said that and excused herself, she wasn't a babysitter that she would monitor their every move and they were grown up already.As soon as she left, the atmosphere became tense, "Do all of you believe everything they said?" Lily asked feeling a little out of place, she was the type that would doubt everything, and would want to hear other opinions."I don't think they are lying to us and I don't see any reason for them to lie to us" Derrick responded after the question was made.
Meanwhile back at the gathering of the high mages when Rosetta returned, the discussion began."Oh Rosetta take a seat, we were just about to start" Archmage Chandelier said towards Rosetta who just entered the hall, she bowed a bit towards the Archmage before taking her seat."What do all of you think about the chosen children? all six of them" Archmage Chandelier asked while looking at all the high mages, this was a question for all of them and if they made the right decision by bringing in the chosen ones (the six teenagers) of the prophesy."They are all talented, even more so than us, if they could be trained well, they could probably end the war" high mage Gragtos replied the Archmage, his voice was heavy but it didn't sound different from before.High mage Darius yawned before apparently saying "there is one abnormality, did we make a mistake selecting that one, the rest of the kids were promising except him, are you sure we didn't make a mistake in the selection?" Darius asked
The spar has began, you have to defeat eight opponents to become the winner, it sounds easy but not really easy, every opponent you fight your mana depletes, with each battle getting harder, it was a random selection, you can meet a strong opponent at the beginning or a weak one depends on your luck."Everyone is all you have been waiting for the weekly spar of the mage academy, this week spar is a little special, it would be the debut of the chosen six, who are deemed to become heroes" the MC said which was followed by a loud cheers, the public was in a frenzy, this was the first time they would be show casing or seeing the said chosen six, they have been in Alzdaar for a week plus now, but the public have no idea what they looked like, out of curiosity most of them came to the weekly spar hosted by the mage academy, that's the reason for the full house, it wasn't like this for the rest spars for the chosen six, most of the people created time, in order to come to the event, and witn
"Do I know you?" those were the words that came out from Catherine's mouth, and Carter who had been talking felt like an idiot, he thought everybody would have already known him and the group, even their costumes were made for them to stand out in the crowd and to be easily recognized, but Catherine words shattered that idea, Carter didn't know if she said it purposely or she didn't really know him."Oh am Carter, I said so earlier, am among the chosen five, who would save this world from the hands of the demons" Carter said with his chest out, his thinking has clouded him, that he accepted that Catherine doesn't know him and that's why she was behaving the way she was, and not because she just wants to embarrass him or doesn't want to talk to him altogether."I didn't ask for your introductions, and could you leave us alone, you are bothering us" Catherine replied coldly, her face was back to the cold face she usually carries around.This interaction made the surrounding students whi
"Seeing how they are dressed different from the rest of the students and I wasn't included, I guess nobody expects anything from me anymore, it hurts a bit though, that I was forgotten, well I wouldn't blame them we don't even know each other, apart from the time during the test and the mage tower we are all practically strangers, but I still feel a little hurt, even non of them including Freya could even check up on me" Nicholas muttered to himself, seeing the five of them acting like he was air, except Carter who just likes to add salt into injury, he felt hurt and unhappy.Until someone tapped on his shoulders from behind, but as soon as he turned to see the person tapping him, he received a punch directly in the stomach, although the hand that throw the punch was delicate and soft and it contained no amount of power.The crowd seeing this opened their mouth again, this time was even worse than when Nicholas came into the waiting room, he was punched by one of the school beauty of
"Have you heard, the chosen six are being trained personally by the high mages" "What do you mean chosen six, they are actually chosen five, the last one is a liability""I heard he has given up on himself and does nothing but stays in his dorm room all day, he doesn't even attend classes""I can't wait to wipe the floor with his face, he only has a nice face going for him, he is totally useless"There was gossip flowing all around about Nicholas and the teachers did nothing to stop it, even the rest five he came with, where being cold as if they don't even know him."hahaha I knew that fool wouldn't amount to nothing, I have gotten used to my elements that I can shoot a fireball straight at him without even looking at him" this was Carter he seemed, he had put on more muscles in the span of a week, he was talking amongst the rest four, who were known has the chosen five."Mind your manners Carter" Freya said a little disinterested."Sorry miss Freya, do you still have feelings for t
"Hey kid, what are you saying?" Layla responded in Nicholas's head, this left Nicholas tongue tied, he felt his whole body that was tensed relaxing."How are you speaking to me right now, am not in the stream as of now?" Nicholas said a little bit confused hearing Layla's voice in his head.."Wait is this because of the equal contract, we just entered?" Nicholas asked in a little excited tone."Bingo... kid we are connected now, we can speak with one another no matter where we are, am actually still trapped in the stream, but I can share thoughts and images with you and you can also do thesame" Layla said a bit excited, she has been trapped in the vicinity of the stream for far too long that anything would make her happy."You sound really happy, I don't think you would be this happy signing a contract with me?" Nicholas said to Layla."You wouldn't understand kid, I have been trapped for so long, now I can see the world through you, even though am not out yet with your help I would s
IVY POVAfter seeing what was happening in the classes, these people are not ready to teach us anything important, we were supposed to be a priority not an option, where is that Archmage that keep saying we were Alzdaar last hope, strolling through the academy the other students were still staring at us from afar as if we were clowns that is making a performance, is been a day already, and we are already wearing our robes.I should probably find somewhere to train peacefully, seeing those stupid boys I don't think we can count on them."Hello miss, can you give me a little of your time" I heard a voice that I wasn't familiar with, so I stopped and turned only to see a blonde elf, he was really handsome but I was not in the least moved, I had my priorities in check."Yes, who are you? and what do you want?" I asked, I wanted him to make himself clear, my time was already limited, the classes were useless to us, and knowing that our room mates have already took us through the introducti
"Where have Catherine gone to, I have been looking for her all this time, I wanted to ask her the amount of manner needed to create a water dragon, I asked the water element teacher during her class but she denied me the answer saying it was too early for me to create such a spell, but I don't think so" Freya said to herself while pacing up and down in their dorm room, she was actually pretty scared and wanted to get stronger quickly, the nonchalant attitude she saw in her teammates today in class motivated her to do more, she already knew that she was the only one that can lead the group if Nicholas was out of the picture now.After waiting for a while, she saw Catherine coming into the dorm room smiling, this prickled Freya who was anxiously waiting for her arrival ever since, she wasn't happy seeing the smiling Catherine, who was frowning at her all day long yesterday."What's so good, that made the great Catherine smile like a little girl" Freya said trying to gain some informatio
'Where is Layla?' Nicholas thought, "I am here like I said but she is not showing up and am not even hearing her voice, should I take a bath then? seeing how it would be hard for me to earn academy points, I should save up by bathing here, but why is there no one here, even though is a nice stream in the school" Nicholas said looking at the stream water."Stop it don't blind my eyes with your nakedness again, I don't want to see it for the second time" Nicholas heard Layla's voice in his head, when he was about to pull his clothes and dive into the stream."Where have you been? I have been looking for you since I came" Nicholas replied grumpily."I have been here, I am trapped here for crying out loud, where would I be, anyways why I kept quiet was because you were followed, you couldn't even perceive that you were followed and you call yourself a mage" Layla rebutted Nicholas words with what she said."What do you mean I was followed?" Nicholas replied Layla who was talking in his he
NICHOLAS POVI took the book and looked for somewhere to sit, the book was heavy but looking at it, the pages inside were few and thick, I guess they don't know the concept of keeping a book simple here.I opened the old and weird looking book only to see that there were three types of contract known to all.SERVANT CONTRACT: The contract in which you are the superior, where by the person who becomes your servant, would be your servant for life and cannot betray you, only you have the power to break the contract, in any occasion the servant decides to betray you, his heart would burst.EQUAL CONTRACT: The contract states that both individuals entering the contract are equal, they can not betray each other, their lives are linked with one another, they are to die together, share life spans and share memories, equal contract can not be broken.SUPERIOR CONTRACT: This contract is the opposite of the slave contract, in which you become the slave and the other individual become the superio